Thread: 'Birds-Eye' Qld Maple

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Here's a pic of a slab of 'Birds-Eye' Qld Maple,that i milled a few years back.It measured 3000mm long x 1200mm wide.Every slab was full of it ...in memory 9 slabs were milled out of the butt log..only recently found the photo,and thought it worth sharing...simply beautiful timber..MM

WOW, Chris, that is really speccy stuff -- DROOL! I'd love some if you ever find another one!

David

Originally Posted by Xanthorrhoeas

WOW, Chris, that is really speccy stuff -- DROOL! I'd love some if you ever find another one!

David

Sure is David,glad you like it..not many species on planet earth match Qld Maple for beauty..it can be speccy alright.Will be posting a compilation of pics soon, of some of the specciest timbers that i have ever milled ,and Qld Maple will figure prominently ...have always regarded it as Australia's premier cabinet species..MM

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Sure is David,glad you like it..not many species on planet earth match Qld Maple for beauty..it can be speccy alright.Will be posting a compilation of pics soon, of some of the specciest timbers that i have ever milled ,and Qld Maple will figure prominently ...have always regarded it as Australia's premier cabinet species..MM

I got one of those speccy ones this year. This one had a nice straight billet down the bottom then we got a ten footer or so then another billet off the top. Bottom and top were just "ordinary" maple, but that ten footer in the middle had the entire tree do a 3/4 twist in a big long spiral, plus a lump where a branch had come off and healed over at some point. (I suspect injury sustained during a harvest cycle 30 years previously) You cut enough maple and you do get blase about it but... yah, this one is the best examples of quilted maple I've ever seen.... nearly every board, nearly the entire board on every one. Packs lying in the shed and someone somewhere at some point is going to pay through the nose for that one, if I can hold it straight during drying because it's being "difficult".

I'll show you mine ifn you'll show me yours.

Originally Posted by John.G

I'll show you mine ifn you'll show me yours.

Bring it on John... .Love that eye candy ..MM

Certainly a very pretty piece of QM, MM!!

I'll have to wait more years than i probably have left
for a few trees up this way to get up to size before they are dissected in the interests of good
furniture making.

It's good to see Qm being planted as a street tree in some places. Not only is the timber beautiful
but the tree itself is very attractive and the flowers add another dimension to their beauty.

Have you ever milled a large Tuckeroo or a large Golden Penda??

Originally Posted by artme

Have you ever milled a large Tuckeroo or a large Golden Penda??

Only ever milled Black Penda,Artme..MM

Here's some pics of Maple Silkwood (Findersia Pimenteliana) that i milled a few years ago,it is stunning stuff too..MM

Back to the Qld Maple...this stuff is a bit busy too...love that 'fiddly'... ..MM

Absolutely stunning!